Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Worrying lesson from Japan

The headlines of a news report said, "GDP up, exports up" but the sub-headline says "Jobless increases, wages depressed".

I am afraid that this will be the situation in many countries around the world, including America and Singapore. It is the consequence of the "globalisation" model, weak protection of workers and consumers, and the wide disparity of income. This is why Singapore, Hong Kong and America have the largest ratio of billionaires to population.

Even Japan, which is more socialist in its governance, is suffering indirectly from globalisation. This is why wages continues to fall, and many people continue to be unemployed.

How can the world be more prosperous, if wealth is not shared fairly and justly? How many people should go into poverty and debt, to create more billionaires for a few?